293.800 - Acts concerning registration of voters; violations of laws governing elections; crimes by public officers. - Nevada Statutes

293.800  Acts concerning registration of voters; violations of laws governing elections; crimes by public officers.

      1.  A person who, for himself, herself or another person, willfully gives a false answer or answers to questions propounded to the person by the registrar or field registrar of voters relating to the information called for by the application to register to vote, or who willfully falsifies the application in any particular, or who violates any of the provisions of the election laws of this State, or knowingly encourages another person to violate those laws is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

      2.  A public officer or other person, upon whom any duty is imposed by this title, who willfully neglects his or her duty, or willfully performs it in such a way as to hinder the objects and purposes of the election laws of this State, except where another penalty is provided, is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

      3.  If the person is a public officer, his or her office is forfeited upon conviction of any offense provided for in subsection 2.

      4.  A person who causes or endeavors to cause his or her name to be registered, knowing that he or she is not an elector or will not be an elector on or before the day of the next ensuing election in the precinct or district in which he or she causes or endeavors to cause the registration to be made, and any other person who induces, aids or abets the person in the commission of either of the acts is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

      5.  A field registrar or other person who:

      (a) Knowingly falsifies an application to register to vote or knowingly causes an application to be falsified; or

      (b) Knowingly provides money or other compensation to another for a falsified application to register to vote,

Ê is guilty of a category E felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.

      (Added to NRS by 1960, 271; A 1961, 294; 1973, 872; 1993, 2198; 1995, 1269, 2281; 1997, 235, 608; 1999, 2117)